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Tough love department: Coins were being professionally graded by a TPGS before many of you were "serious" collectors. I'm guessing that most of you have never attended a week long grading s… (View Post)

Is an MS-65 with a wipe that is net graded to an MS-64 worth the same amount of money? If you had a choice between the problem coin that is net graded and another MS-64 with no problems, which would … (View Post)

Later dates of these dimes are so common in 66 on up that without a close examination (too time consuming when cranking out coins for most graders) it is difficult to separate the 66 to 68 range usin… (View Post)

Note: My original reply did not post so I edited out much of this reply. @Rexford said: As an ex-grader I’ve never read the Sheldon scale in my life. Surrreee. [What's the definition of MS-60,65,70 i… (View Post)

I treat everything the same. That said, a coin's size determines a lot. * Small coins are harder to see so harder to grade. * Coins with unusual denominations are harder to grade because you don't se… (View Post)